Giona (يونان) 3

SMITH VAN DYKE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ثم صار قول الرب الى يونان ثانية قائلا	1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying:
2 قم اذهب الى نينوى المدينة العظيمة وناد لها المناداة التي انا مكلّمك بها	2 Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to you.
3 فقام يونان وذهب الى نينوى بحسب قول الرب. اما نينوى فكانت مدينة عظيمة للّه مسيرة ثلاثة ايام.	3 And Jonah rose, and he went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. And Nineveh was a great city of three days’ journey.
4 فابتدأ يونان يدخل المدينة مسيرة يوم واحد ونادى وقال بعد اربعين يوما تنقلب نينوى	4 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day’s journey. And he cried out and said, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed.”
5 فآمن اهل نينوى بالله ونادوا بصوم ولبسوا مسوحا من كبيرهم الى صغيرهم.	5 And the men of Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way to the least.
6 وبلغ الأمر ملك نينوى فقام عن كرسيه وخلع رداءه عنه وتغطى بمسح وجلس على الرماد	6 And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.
7 ونودي وقيل في نينوى عن امر الملك وعظمائه قائلا لا تذق الناس ولا البهائم ولا البقر ولا الغنم شيئا. لا ترع ولا تشرب ماء.	7 And he cried out and spoke: “In Nineveh, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, let it be said: Men and beasts and oxen and sheep may not taste anything. Neither shall they feed or drink water.
8 وليتغط بمسوح الناس والبهائم ويصرخوا الى الله بشدة ويرجعوا كل واحد عن طريقه الرديئة وعن الظلم الذي في ايديهم.	8 And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry out to the Lord with strength, and may man be converted from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.
9 لعل الله يعود ويندم ويرجع عن حمو غضبه فلا نهلك	9 Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?”
10 فلما رأى الله اعمالهم انهم رجعوا عن طريقهم الرديئة ندم الله على الشر الذي تكلم ان يصنعه بهم فلم يصنعه	10 And God saw their works, that they had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.